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Jewish Ideas to Change the World delivers thought-provoking content by leading Jewish thinkers with diverse perspectives and backgrounds. It is produced by Valley Beit Midrash.Valley Beit Midrash (VBM) is dedicated to social justice as driven by Torah ethics.
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Common Ground in Uncommon Times: Denver’s Faith Communities in Dialogue (opens the original)
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A hybrid event presentation featuring Reverend Terri Hobart, Imam Muhammad Kolila, and Rabbi Emily Hyatt, moderated by Ariel Nassau of VBM Denver. The event was co-hosted with St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Downtown Denver Islamic Center, and Temple Emanuel Denver. About The Event: Faith leaders from across Denver come together to explore how their traditions guide responses to today's most pressing local issues - and how interfaith partnership strengthens our shared community. About The Speakers:
Unfolding: Reflections on the Lessons of the High Holy Days (opens the original)
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A virtual event presentation by Rabbi Karyn Kedar The class is co-sponsored by Congregation Ner Tamid About The Event: Join Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar as she explores her award-winning book, Unfolding: A High Holy Day Companion. Drawing from meditations, poetry, reflections, retellings of Talmudic and Hasidic stories, and lyrical encounters with prayer and scripture, Rabbi Kedar will share insights from the book and offer selections that illuminate the path through the months of Av and Elul, Rosh HaSh
How to Do Things with Kavanah: J. L. Austin and the Communicative Activity of Performing Mitzvot (opens the original)
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A virtual event presentation by Dr. Paul Franks The event was co-sponsored by BMH-BJ About The Event: What is kavanah — usually translated as “intention” — in the performance of mitzvot? What, in particular, is kavanah in Jewish prayer? Often used but rarely explained, the term will be illuminated by means of the speech act theory of the great Oxford philosopher and architect of the Normandy invasion, J. L. Austin (1911-60), articulated most famously in his 1955 William James Lectures at Harvard
What Does the Mishna Teach Us About the People Who Wrote It? (opens the original)
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A virtual event presentation by Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky The class was co-sponsored by Temple Emanuel. About The Event: The Mishnah was written during a time period that included the destruction of the Second Temple and the Bar Kochba Revolt. The 63 tractates of the Mishnah include the rabbis’ origin story for rabbinic Judaism and many clues about the world it was written in. We’ll explore Mishnahs that give us explicit information about the early rabbinic period as well as hints about the
Antisemitism, Anti-Zionism, Anti-Israelism (opens the original)
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A virtual presentation by Dr. Marc Dollinger The event is co-sponsored by Temple Solel About The Event: One of the thorniest questions in contemporary American Jewish life, the boundaries between anti-Israelism, anti-Zionism, and antisemitism are now the subject of university policy debates as well as proposed state and federal action. This presentation offers historical background on each category, outlining the points of debate in this highly contentious subject. About The Speaker: Dr. Marc Do
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